[s-cars] Tire Pressures

[Bill Clancy]

what are you asking?
I have 225/50 16's contiextremecontact.   cold tire pressure (you moron)
seems to be best at 32psi.

that's the only info I can offer.   I don't have any info for you car-queers
with oversized penis-enhancing tires.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mlp5" <mlped at qwest.net>
To: "'Bill Clancy'" <clancybill at yahoo.com>; <lee at wheelman.com>; "'Michael
Wakefield'" <mwake at rmi.net>; <NDoshi at aol.com>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:50 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Tire Pressures


How many variables do your experiments control for?
Hot/cold tire temp/pressure reading?
Tire contact patch size ~ are 17's bigger than 16's, 255's bigger than 245
or 225's?
Gauge or absolute pressures? i.e., does ambient altitude pressure count?

mike

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Clancy [mailto:clancybill at yahoo.com]

>I have to ask...
>
>has anyone really experimented with pressure?   Cuz I have.
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "mlp5" <mlped at qwest.net>

>> Street @ 36 f/r; track between 38 & 40 front, 36 rear.  But
>then again we're at 5,200 ft+ most of the time.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: s-car On Behalf Of Lee Levitt
>
>I run 34 front/rear on my 255/40 17's.

and from Bill's experiments, Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:25 PM

Has anyone done any trial and error?   I did and I ended up with 32 psi on
my stock 16x8's.    with 34-36 the car feels slippery on the highway.  28-31
and it feels muddy -- not to mention that I am sure it would wreck the
tires.

I have no experience with 17's but i did spend a fair amount of time fine
tuning the pressure with the 16's.